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257/365 – COYOTE AND THE MOON
Word Count: 226 Coyote shadows through the edges, tasting chipmunk in the air. The moon is sleepy-eyed and slivered, yet watches as the old dog hunts. He is hungry and he is tired of dodging window lights that flood his … Continue reading
254/365 – SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2001
Word Count: 256 Her husband worked on the eightieth floor of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 10, 2001. At 8:30 a.m. he was exiting the elevator and hurrying out the lobby to catch a cab … Continue reading
253/365 – ST. CLOTILDE’S SCHOOL FOR DISAPPOINTING CHILDREN
Word Count: 590 St. Clotilde’s is tucked away in the hills of Laconia, up steep winding barely two-car-wide roads of stones and dirt. Difficult to get to sure enough; much harder to leave. Jerome sat in the back seat, afraid … Continue reading
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245/365 – WHO I WAS, WHO I AM
Word Count: 349 I was just fifteen, I was thirty. My mother had died and my dad replaced her with drink. I lost being a daughter, was just short of being a wife. It was not a good time in … Continue reading
244/365 – WHAT WE WEAR WHEN IN MOURNING
Word Count: 386 Nobody stopped her, nobody even suggested that what she was doing was strange, not in the subtlest manner nor with outright honesty. Nobody cared enough, I suppose. For after her lover died, she started wearing his clothes. … Continue reading
243/365 – BY THE LOVE OF THE MOON
Word Count: 292 She was awakened by the soft tongue of the moon. Reluctant at first to let go of her dream, she whimpered and burrowed deeper into the pillows, trying to hide from the light. But the moon is … Continue reading
242/365 – ESTIMATES
Word Count: 339 Her husband told her to get estimates. At least three. “Do you want to talk to them?” she asked. “No,” he said and rattled off a list of questions for her to ask them. She scribbled as … Continue reading
100/100 aka 240/365
HURRICANE Word Count: 417 The biggest storm of the season, the hurricane of hurricanes since 1938, this is what they were promising. She worried about losing her things. Each newscast made it sound worse. Tie down your boats and your … Continue reading
095/100 aka 235/365
THE ROOMMATE Word Count: 444 It began with an invitation I posted as a joke. I mean, where did the man have to go? He was hated by half the civilized world and his own country would surely hang him … Continue reading
091/100 aka 231/365
DUST Word Count: 276 On Tuesday she went shopping for dust. Her mother and great aunt were coming that week for a visit and they, she suspected, expected a layer of dust. She found it at the old hardware store … Continue reading